European Nurses' Life and Work Under Restructuring / / Edited by Jarmo Houtsonen; Gun-Britt Wärvik.

• Superior document: Studies in Professional Life and Work ; 2
• TeilnehmendeR: Houtsonen, Jarmo,; Wärvik, Gun-Britt,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Sense,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Professional Life and Work ; 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The book examines nurses’ professional work and life in the context of the ongoing institutional restructuring of health care systems in seven European counties, England, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The main idea has been to discuss professional experience and expertise from below, i.e. from the perspective of the nurses and focuses on how they deal with restructuring measures caused by changes in policy and administration. This is not, however, a book about policy implementation and new managerial ideas. Its goal is to examine the complexities and ambiguities in nurses’ work from different theoretical viewpoints. The book also describes both the unique situations and larger societal patterns in which these complexities and ambiguities are embedded. It is intended to contribute to the discussion of and research on nurses as European welfare state professionals.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Jarmo Houtsonen and Gun-Britt Wärvik -- Introduction / Jarmo Houtsonen and Gun-Britt Wärvik -- The Socialisation and Commercialisation of Health Professions in Europe / Dennis Beach -- Nurses’ Working Life Under Restructuring / Peter Sohlberg , Magdalena Czaplicka and Sverker Lindblad -- European Nurses Articulating Care / Jarmo Houtsonen and Toni Kosonen -- New Management, Control and Autonomy / Isaac Marrero and Jörg Müller -- Emerging Work Transitions in the Nursing Profession / Helder Rocha Pereira and Constantina Safiliou-Rothschild -- Patient Orientation of Nurses and Restructuring of Health Care / Gun-Britt Wärvik , Rita Foss Lindblad and Maeve Dupont -- Contributors / Jarmo Houtsonen and Gun-Britt Wärvik.